The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-04
time II occurs, small crowd collect,

time II occnrs, a small crowd COLLECTS
around tho front door OF my apartment
and tell them II is fire cracker left ovci
from the Fourth Of July. Thia saiis1e,
them and they 90 away. The second time
Igive them the fire cracker again, but they
are not satisfied The third time they
conclude that am either n dynamitcr or
n lunatic, and have to get out the next
day | have moved twenty times in five
years this way alone"
King has peculiar way Of carrying
dynamite around with him in lis pockets.
On one occasion he called upon n Broad.
way lawyer, and in the course Of CONVEX.
sation produced from inside his clothes n
handful Of percussion caps md a raper
containing about n half pound Of rcudrock
On being asked what would hanpen IL o
policeman should happen to strike the ex-
plOsivcs with his club, he rcrlled: IL
think IL would he hard job for our rela-
tyes TO separate the pieces Of the two
OF us. D."
His chief work has been teaching how
10 make dynamite cheaply, safely and So
cretly, and in this he has been rcmarka-
bly, successful His method is extremely
simple. Into a kitchen bowl surrounded
by ice water OF cracked ice he puts crude
glycerine and equal parts OF commercial
oil II vitriol and nquafortis. After n fcw
hours the plycerinc has become converted
into nitro glyccrine. The mixed acids are
then drawn of and the crude nitro
glyccrlnc thick, dirty and offensive,
washed with cold water, allowed 20 stand
and settle and the water drawn OF. This
IS repeated several times until u compare
lively clean and clear fluid remains. Into
this hc pOurs sawdust, dried clay, plaster
Of paris, or any dry, absorbing powder
and IN a half hour the nitro giyccrine Is
thoroughly absorbed and loose pulvcru-
lent dynamite remains The cost should
not exceed eighty cents pound, and by
economy and sklllul buying can be
brought as low as thirty. In making
bombs King las displayed equal inge-
nuty The Orsni bomb brought into
prominence by the attempted assassina-
ton Of Louis Napoleon iu 1854 was Of fine
workmanship, and cost at least forty
francs $50 TO manufacture King substi-
tutes a tomato can, mustard box, gaspipe,
fire grenade bottle or paper bag for the
brass or steel globe, and q handful Of toy
torpodocs for The percussion caps OF the
Orsni school BY these simple expedents
he produces bombs that cost from twenty
five cents to 81 each
All Of Kings bombs are arranged with
mining fuse or nrecrackcr stems to be
used in place Of the torpedoes where 10 is
desirable to have a short time elapsc be
tween the throwing and the explosion Of
the missile. 10 was with one of these that
the Andre monument at Tarrytown vas
defaccQ and nearly destroyed, others
were used in the various dynamite OK
plosions IN Great Britain and Russia 40
one time King was stanch supporter of
o Donovan Rosa and his circle Of Irish
lberaiors After he blew up one day
in the corridor from some compound ne
was carrying In his cont pocket. he SO lost
his popularity with that notable group Of
men that for the ensuing five months iis
at the door produced o more
rapid clearing Of the rooms by an their
occupants than would have been occa-
stoned by squad OF policemen OF a. howl
ing mob.
OF almost equal importance with Paul
Willig and his establishment is Frederick
Kraemcr and his restaurant at 1874
Seventh street Kraemcr is a hot eu-